Taxonomy

• Kingdom: Plantae
• Clade: Tracheophytes
• Clade: Angiosperms
• Clade: Eudicots
• Clade: Superasterids
• Clade: Asterids
• Clade: Lamiids
• Order: Lamiales
• Family: Scrophulariaceae
• Tribe: Scrophularieae
• Genus: Verbascum
• Species: Verbascum thapsus

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

• Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern
• Red List (Europe): LC Least Concern

Notes

Possible confusion with V. densiflorum Bertol., 1810, whose flowers have a spatulate stigma, while those of V. thapsus have a capitate stigma.

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:

• V. thapsus subsp. montanum (Schrad.) Bonnier & Layens, 1894, P;
• V. thapsus subsp. thapsus L., 1753, P.

Hybridizes with:

• V. blattaria L., 1753 to produce V. × pterocaulon Nyman., 1881, P;
• V. boerhavii L., 1767 to produce V. × laramberguei Rouy, 1909, P;
• V. chaixii Vill., 1779 to produce V. × freynianum Borbás, 1876, P;
• V. densiflorum Bertol., 1810 to produce V. × humnickii Franch., 1868, P;
• V. lychnitis L., 1753 to produce V. × thapsi L., 1763, P;
• V. nigrum L., 1753 to produce V. × semialbum Chaub., 1821, P;
• V. phlomoides L., 1753 to produce V. × kerneri Borbás, 1888, P;
• V. pulverulentum Vill., 1779 to produce V. × godronii Boreau, 1857, P;
• V. sinuatum L., 1753 to produce V. × longeracemosum Chaub., 1821, P;
• V. virgatum Stokes, 1787 to produce V. × lemaitrei Boreau, 1868, P.

Photographs

Sources

• Schweizer, F. (2014). Verbascum thapsus (Europe assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2014. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/203479/2766139

• Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 1055). Biotope.